(1) to underestimate the cost of the project (2) We underestimated the time it would take to get there. (3) Never underestimate your opponent.
underestimate [ˌʌndərˈestimeit] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 宣传，宣传运动
adj. 警惕的；机敏的
vt. 低估；轻视
n. 相似，类似；类比；类推
(1) The moon exerts a force on the earth that causes the tides. (2) In order to be successful he would have to exert himself. (3) He exerted all his authority to make them accept the plan.
exert [iɡˈzə:t] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 施加（影响、压力等）；运用（权威等）；尽力；努力
adv. 节约地；在经济上
n. 救世主；基督
adj. 鲜红的，深红的；羞红的
(1) Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers... (2) In this way, he hoped to put pressure on the British and thus to wring concessions from them. (3) The Government has got to get a grip. wringing its hands and saying it is a world problem just isn't good enough.
wring [riŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 达不到的；见不到的；难懂的
vt. 拧，挤，扭；握紧
n. 悲痛，悲伤
n. 拱顶；金库；墓穴
(1) Driving with excess alcohol in the blood is a serious offence. (2) excess food is stored as fat. (3) We need a free press to curb government excesses.
excess [ˈekses] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 机车；火车头
n. 陈列，布置；一大批
n. 过多，过量；无节制；（保险中的）免赔额
n. 人造卫星；卫星；卫星国
(1) The town lies a few kilometres inland. (2) We travelled further inland the next day. (3) inland areas
inland [ˈinlənd] 📢 UK📢 US
vi. 坚持；锲而不舍
v. （使）背离，偏离
n. 近路，捷径
adj. 内陆的；内地的
(1) learning by analogy (2) The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump. (3) There are no analogies with any previous legal cases.
analogy [əˈnælədʒi] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 相似，类似；类比；类推
vi. 凝视；盯着看
adj. 联合的；同盟的
adv. 紧紧地，牢固地
(1) We're up to our ears in work. (2) News of his affair eventually reached her ears. (3) ‘I bumped into your ex-wife last night. ’ ‘I thought I could feel my ears burning! ’
ear [iə] 📢 UK📢 US
n. （谷类作物的）穗；耳朵；听觉，听力
n. 泡沫；泡沫产品；泡沫橡胶
n. 清洁，干净
n. 正式协议；和解；偿付；定居点；殖民
(1) fresh, wholesome food (2) It was clean wholesome fun. (3) ...good, wholesome fun.
wholesome [ˈhəulsəm] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 堡垒，要塞
n. 理论，学说；见解，观点
vi. 成熟
adj. 健康的；有益健康的
(1) a swarm of locusts (2) Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation. (3) This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.
locust [ˈləʊkəst] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 余地；差额；页边空白；边缘
n. 类似，相似；相似点
n. 蝗虫
n. 沙丁鱼
(1) It didn't take much persuasion to get her to tell us where he was. (2) After a little gentle persuasion, he agreed to come. (3) She has great powers of persuasion.
persuasion [pəˈsweiʒən] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 居民，住户；实习医生
n. 劝说，说服；信仰
adj. 迂回的；转弯抹角的
n. 实行，执行；执行死刑
(1) a six-cylinder engine (2) a gas/oxygen cylinder (3) ...a cylinder of foam...
cylinder [ˈsilində] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 滑轮，皮带轮
n. 圆筒；圆筒状物；汽缸
vt. 把…再分
n. 研讨会；研习班；车间
(1) He pressed his back against the door... (2) They pressed the silver knife into the cake. (3) Drago pressed a button and the door closed...
press [pres] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 压，按；用力踩；用力挤压；竭力劝说
adj. 铁的，含铁的
n. 感觉，知觉；轰动
adv. 主要地，首要地
(1) Shandong; floods and droughts; control measures; food production; farmland water conservancy; farmers savings; and warehouse. (2) Completion of this Administration Building will provide spaces for Central Office, warehouse, and Canteen facilities. (3) Finally, three main applications of data warehouse are depicted in detail.
warehouse [ˈwɛəhaus] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 毕业文凭；学位证书
n. 心灵手巧
n. 结核病，肺结核
n. 仓库，货栈
(1) the yoke of imperialism (2) A pair of oxen, yoked together, was used. (3) an ox yoked to a plough
yoke [jəuk] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 注定
n. 牛轭；枷锁
n. 暴君导，专制君主；专横的人
adj. 假冒的，伪造的
(1) This system is being tried out experimentally at many universities. (2) In my opinion, the curvature was determined experimentally. (3) This machine was introduced experimentally in 1960.
experimentally [ɪksˌperɪˈmentəlɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 实验上；实验性地
n. 附加物；额外费用；临时演员
vt. 包括；拥抱；欣然接受
adj. 困难的；难相处的
(1) the person with overall responsibility for the project (2) There will be winners in each of three age groups, and one overall winner . (3) an overall improvement in standards of living (= affecting everyone)
overall [ˈəuvərɔ:l] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 工作服；工装裤；罩衣
n. 儿女，子孙，后代
vt. 控制；给…套笼头
vi. 粘附；遵守；坚持
(1) a tangle of branches (2) Her hair was a mass of tangles. (3) His financial affairs are in a tangle.
tangle [ˈtæŋɡl] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 把…除外
vt. 预示；是…的标记；意思是
n. 献身，奉献；深爱；（对宗教的）虔诚
vt. 使缠结；使缠绕；混乱
(1) limestone is often used in building construction. (2) Cement is made from limestone. (3) The limestone is sufficiently fissured for tree roots to have breached the roof of the cave.
limestone [ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 善良，美德
n. 石灰岩
vt. 替换；以…取代；把…放回（原处）
vt. 用肘挤；挤掉；跻身
(1) Her words impressed themselves on my memory. (2) He impressed on us the need for immediate action. (3) It impressed me that she remembered my name.
impress [imˈpres] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 切割工具；切割工；小艇
vt. 移植（器官）；使迁移
vt. 给…深刻印象；使铭记；使…注意到
vt. 调查；打探；探查；搜寻
(1) She continued to assert that she was innocent. (2) She continued to assert her innocence. (3) ‘That is wrong, ’ he asserted.
assert [əˈsə:t] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 断言，宣称；维护；坚持
n. 资料；数据
vi.&vt. 重叠 n.重叠部分； 覆盖物
n. 门票；违章通知单；兑奖券
(1) the cries of a man in torment (2) She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death. (3) The flies were a terrible torment.
torment [ˈtɔ:ment] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 总管道；电力线，电源
n. 禁令，禁律
n. 流体；变动，波动
vt. 折磨；戏弄
(1) second-hand cars (2) a second-hand bookshop (= for selling second-hand books) (3) second-hand opinions
second-hand
📢 UK📢 US
n. 旧的，第二手的
n. 意识；观念；知觉
n. 漠视，忽视
vt. 变松；放松（限制、法律等）；使…弱化
(1) Rabies is a viral disease usually transmitted by a bite from an infected mammal. (2) Blastocystis hominis is a unicellular protozoan commonly found in the intestinal tract of human and mammal. (3) She also refurbished the dry land mammal running most quickly speed record.
mammal [ˈmæməl] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 哺乳动物
n. 炖煮的菜肴
adj. 不重要的；小题大做的；下级的
adj. 混浊的；模糊不清的；多云的
(1) a steady flow of refugees from the war zone (2) political/economic refugees (3) a refugee camp
refugee [ˌrefjuˈdʒi:] 📢 UK📢 US
vi. 犹豫，踌躇；不愿
n. 命运；天命
n. 难民，避难者
vt. 照明，照亮；阐明
(1) The rift within the organization reflects the growing bitterness of the dispute. (2) There was a strain of bitterness in his voice. (3) That was the very reason why he felt a certain bitterness.
bitterness [ˈbɪtənɪs] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 果冻；果酱；胶状物
n. 苦味；悲痛
n. 商品
vi. 入迷
(1) She was tall and elegant. (2) an elegant dress (3) an elegant room/restaurant
elegant [ˈeliɡənt] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 地下室；根基
adj. 神的；神圣的；绝妙的
adj. （人或物）典雅的；简洁的，简练的
vt. 理解，领悟
(1) an annual fixture (2) Saturday's fixture against Liverpool (3) the season's fixture list
fixture [ˈfikstʃə] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 自杀
vi. 协作，合作；通敌
n. 固定装置；定期存款；体育活动；常客
n. 大厦，大楼；宅邸
(1) Good grief! What a mess! (2) Several pedestrians came to grief on the icy pavement. (3) He caused his parents a lot of grief.
grief [ɡri:f] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 虚弱的，体弱的；易碎的
n. 就职；归纳；电磁感应
n. 处理；交易；事务
n. 悲痛，悲伤
(1) The book is aimed principally at beginners. (2) The sell-off is aimed at repositioning the company as a publisher principally of business information. (3) Embryonic development seems to be controlled principally by a very small number of master genes.
principally [ˈprɪnsəplɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 排屋；平台；梯田
v. 损害；使受伤；使伤心
adv. 主要地，首要地
vt. 使摇晃；使震惊；使错开
(1) I bought the ring as a souvenir of Greece. (2) a souvenir shop (3) ...a souvenir of the summer of 1992.
souvenir [ˈsu:vəniə] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 非常，格外地
n. 纪念品
vt. 镇压；抑制；隐瞒
n. 顾客；诉讼委托人
(1) He is interested in buying the club as a commercial undertaking. (2) In those days, the trip across country was a dangerous undertaking. (3) a government undertaking to spend more on education
undertaking [ˈʌndəˌteɪkɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
vi. 走私
n. 必需品；必备品
n. 任务，事业；承诺
vi. 挺起来
(1) The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. (2) That one mistake seriously endangered the future of the company. (3) The sea turtle is an endangered species (= it may soon no longer exist) .
endanger [enˈdeɪndʒə] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 危及；使遭遇危险
n. 优越（性），优势
n. 集市，市场；义卖
vt.&vi. 抓紧；使绷紧；（对…）严加控制；拧紧
(1) She exudes sexual magnetism. (2) There was no doubting the animal magnetism of the man... (3) Later, she would describe his magnetism as irresistible.
magnetism [ˈmægnɪˌtɪzəm] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 磁性；魅力
v. 安慰，慰藉，安抚
n. 动物油脂；（皮肤分泌的）油脂；润滑油
n. 溢出量；溢出物
(1) We outlined our proposals to the committee. (2) They saw the huge building outlined against the sky. (3) This is a brief outline of the events.
outline [ˈautlain] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 在岸上，上岸
n. 涟漪，细浪；波痕
vt. 概述，概括；显示…的轮廓
adj. 概括的；速决的
(1) Planes dropped supplies by parachute. (2) a parachute drop/jump (3) a parachute regiment
parachute [ˈpærəʃu:t] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 降落伞；风散种子
vt. 用钩吊住；（用手臂、腿或脚）钩住；钓鱼
n. 消沉；萧条；凹陷
n. 视力；展望；想象；幻觉；视野
(1) Is the stairway outside the building? (2) The stone stairway was covered with lichen. (3) My next good opportunity for photographs was at the top of a stairway.
stairway [ˈsteəˌweɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 证明，作证；证实
n. 楼梯
vi. 符合；遵照
adj. 使人尴尬的；笨拙的；难携带的
(1) a pathetic and lonely old man (2) The starving children were a pathetic sight. (3) a pathetic excuse
pathetic [pəˈθetik] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 用鞋带系（鞋）；在…里掺入；在…里夹杂；交叉（手指）
adj. 纯洁的；不锈的
n. 压缩，压紧
adj. 差劲的；可怜的
(1) We have a duty to uphold the law. (2) to uphold a conviction/an appeal/a complaint (3) an upholder of traditional values
uphold [ʌpˈhəuld] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 陪同；护送
adv. 通常；正常情况下
vt. 预先设置
vt. 拥护；支持；维持
(1) The journey would be dangerous in the extreme. (2) extremes of cold, wind or rain (3) It's embarrassing the extremes he'll go to in order to impress his boss.
extreme [iksˈtri:m] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 机智的；风趣的；妙趣横生的
adj. 极其的；极端的；偏激的；末端的
vi. 登广告
adj. 分子的；与分子有关的
(1) She uses her charm to manipulate people. (2) As a politician, he knows how to manipulate public opinion. (3) They managed to manipulate us into agreeing to help.